Coventry City head to Southend-on-Sea this weekend looking to chalk up a third consecutive League One victory for the first time this season.

The Sky Blues have managed back-to-back wins with an impressive late three points at Charlton Athletic, followed by another late victory at home to Wycombe Wanderers – all City’s goals in both games coming in the last ten minutes, proving Mark Robins ’s men get stronger as games go on this season.

Southend United, meanwhile, are at their most dangerous at the start of the second half.

Stats show that so far this season the Shrimpers have netted eight times in the first quarter of an hour after the break, between the 46th and 60th minutes.

That’s 47 per cent of their 17 League One goals so far this season, which is the joint highest for any side in the top four tiers in the 2018/19 campaign so far.

Manager Chris Powell clearly gives stirring half-time team talks which have inspired his players to get out and go for their opponents early in the second half – something his opposite number Robins would do well to take heed of when addressing his players at the midway point at Roots Hall this Saturday.

Southend United manager Chris Powell has been providing some inspirational half-time team talks

The Sky Blues, meanwhile, are the joint second highest scorers of goals from outside the box in all four of the top divisions over the last two years.

Nottingham Forest have netted the most from distance with 19 strikes outside the 18-yard box.

Coventry and League One bed fellows Barnsley have scored 18, one more than joint third placed Manchester City, Leeds United, Luton Town and Scunthorpe United.

Most of City’s goals in recent weeks, however, have come in or around the six yard box – Amadou Bakayoko executing to fine close range finishes to sink Charlton Athletic and Conor Chaplin firing in a brilliant header to beat Wycombe Wanderers.

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